Comb



April 13,1926. 1,580,365

' W. S. BECHTOLD I CQMB Filed May 24, 1924 5 w E A s. @MWW 1 V 2 Ami 415 o jzo posltion, or, for

Patented Ap 13 19 4';

To al lxw h om/it v I g Be it known'that' I, WILLIA S. Bnonaonn, acitizenot the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex,and State of New Jersey, haveinventednew and-useful Improvements inCombs, ofwhich' the following. is a full, clear, and" exactwspecifica;tion.* r I My invention relates to combs and refersparticularly to combssuitablerfor employment with short hair.

Combs suitable for retaining thejhair purposes of ornamentation usuallycarry a row of teeth, which, while effective in long hair due to thesupport given the comb by the curves, or turns, or. the hair masslncident to 1ts arrangement, or

make-up, these combs are of little-and frequently of no value inemployment with short hair, especially when the hair is straight andsmooth.

Under these conditions, the usual combs of one row of teeth arepractically useless, as g the short hairs present no holding means forthe comb which, hence, can not be retained in place and is useless. I

Curved tooth combs have been suggested for this purpose, as have combswith two series of teeth, but none of these are of such construction astomaintain the combjsufli-' ciently for practical purposes, as theypre-, means for the sent no binding, or holding, hair.

' I have found, however, that combs having two rows of teeth staggeredwith respect to each other, and especially when the teeth of at leastone row are curved, will be held firmly by short hair, and that a combof my 2 construction presents a means whereby a comb may be wornpractically as firmly in short hair as the older combs can in long hair.J I

' The present demand for short, or bobbed,

' hair makes my device of the greatest im- The terminations of thesub-base of FiguIie ,1 illustrating the'sta' ggered tions oftheteetli'jofthetwo'series, or rows.

7 F igure'3j is af CtiOn through the line'3 -3 5 Figure 41s a" sectioni'tlirouglra modified form of the comb o finiyinvention'q 1 1 .Figure 5-is afse'ction'j'througl "another "mofdified'forinoiti'the comb of myinvention.

Figure 6: is asectionthroughstiIlanOther 'Ih eiiparticular form of theidevicebf m inventiomshown in Figures 1,2-and 3, com

f'wrL r'Anr sinn orrronn, or NEWARK, mzw anrtsnxj prises abase 10carrying a plurality, or row,

of undulated teeth '11, l1, 11, having a slightly outward curve 12 andthen adownward inward curve 13. I

F ixedly attached to the back of the base 10 is a sub-base 14 carrying aplurality, or row,

Of teeth 15, 15, 15-curved inwardly at 16. a The base teeth 11, 11andthe sub-base teeth 15,.15 are staggered with respect to I each other,as shown in Figure 2.

teeth 15,

15, 15 are along the curved line 18.

An ornamental top 17 may be carriedby the comb,if desired.

In'the modification of the comb of my invention, shown in Figure 4,eachof the base teeth 11 has an outward curve 19 and the. sub-base teeth v20are uncurved, the lower extremity of each sub-base tooth 20 beingpositioned slightly between two base teeth I 11, 11. The base teeth andthe sub-base teeth are staggered with respect to each other.

- In the modification of-my device, shown.

in Figure 5, both the base teeth 21", 21 and the sub-base teeth 22, 22are straight, staggered with respect to each other and theilowerwextremity of each sub-base tooth is positioned slightly betweentwo base teeth.

In the modification of-my device, shown 7 in Figurefi, the base-teeth 23and the sub base teeth 2 1 are in parallel curves with respectto'eachother and staggered with respect to each other, the sub-baseteeth 24 being curved at their .upper' extremity to form a curvedjointure with the base 10.

It is evident that the sub-base may be as long as the base, if desired,and that the extremities of the sub-base teeth may terminate in a curveother than that shown in Figure 1, or may terminate in a straight line,and that the sub-base teeth need not be positioned between two baseteeth.

do not limit-myself tothe particular size, shape, number, material, orarrangement, of parts, as shown and described, as these are given simplyas a means for clearly describing my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a comb, in combination, a base, a row of undulatedteeth carried by the base, a sub-base inwardly attached to the base anda, row of teeth carried by the sub-base staggered with respect to thebase teeth, a portion of each sub-base tooth being in the plane of thebase-teeth and the extremity of the sub-base tooth. being in front ofthe extremities of the base teeth.

2. In a comb, in combination, a curved base, a row of undulatedteeth'carried by the base, a sub-base inwardly attached. to the base anda row of teeth carried by the subbase staggered with respect to the baseteeth, a portion of each sub-base tooth being in the plane of thebase-teeth and the extremity of the sub-base tooth being in front of theextremities of the base teeth.

3. In a comb, in combination, a curved base, a row of 'undulated teethcarried by the base, a sub-base inwardly attached to the base and a rowof undulatedteeth carried by the sub-base staggered with respect to thebase teeth, a portion of each sub-base tooth being in the planeof thebase-teeth and the extremity of the sub-base tooth being in front of theextremities of the base teeth.

Signed at New York city in. the county of New York, and State of NewYork this 22nd day of May, 1924.

WILLIAIW S. BEOHTOLD.

